First Closed Loop Artificial Pancreas Insulin Pump installed
India’s first automatically adjustable, The MiniMed™ 780G system which is the world’s first Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop (AHCL) system, was successfully delivered and fixed on a 7-year-old boy with type 1 Diabetes at Dr Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, one of the healthcare groups in Asia devoted to the treatment of Diabetes and its complications. The patient recently diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes is the first one to get the advanced and automated insulin pump fixed in India. Medtronic’s MiniMedTM 780G made its first ever launch in India, at the hands of Dr V Mohan, Chairman & Consultant Diabetologist, Dr Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre.
Commenting on the first successful delivery of the device, Dr V Mohan said, “It’s extremely difficult to manage blood sugar levels in children and teenagers with Type 1 diabetes because of their high activity levels, constantly fluctuating hormones and ongoing growth and development. The 7-year-old boy who was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, was also struggling with blood sugar control with several high sugar and low sugar episodes. The device automatically adjusts and corrects insulin levels 24/7, every 5 minutes, as needed. It also anticipates insulin needs and adjusts insulin delivery, while also correcting highs automatically and protecting from lows.”
